"Next stop, Strike Electricity Club, Strike Electric Club."

"Whew-" The tram stops.

Yu Murakami put away his book and walked out of the platform with Suzune Sakura.

"Kagura Saka-san, I brought the illustrations."

"That's fast." Kagurazaka Iris, like the previous two meetings, wore a crisp women's suit with sleeves folded over her wrists: "Let's go to the conversation room." ”

"Okay."

The three sat down in the conversation room.

Kagura Saka Iris carefully admired for a while, and the two illustrations brought by Yu Murakami: "Well~~, it's very well drawn." ”

Miss Sakura looked at Yu Murakami with a smug look on her face.

"But," Kagura Saka took out a few illustrations from the file bag in her hand and pushed them in front of Yu Murakami, "Look at these ones." ”

Yu Murakami looked through them one by one, there were eleven in total, each of which was quite exquisite, and a few of them were far more than Miss Sakura's illustrations.

Kagurazaka continued, "These are the submissions I've received in the industry, and a few of them are very good. ”

Her meaning has been expressed very clearly, but she doesn't want to say it too directly and embarrass Murakami.

Of course, Yu Murakami will not be embarrassed, but the embarrassed thing is Miss Sakura who is sitting next to her.

"It's very well drawn." Yu Murakami sighed that the one he was holding now was the most perfect of all the illustrations.

It should be a scene in the first volume, a part-time job at Matsuoka Zhencheng's newspaper.

At one o'clock in the middle of the night (Matsuoka dictated: from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., the newspaper is delivered, and then school), the streets are empty like no man's land, and it is pouring rain in the sky.

Miss Sakura saw this illustration and had nothing to say.

Whether it is the painting workmanship or the composition, the overall artistic conception is all first-class level.

Kagurazaka saw the one he was holding, nodded, and said, "I also like this one the most." Your friend's illustration is very good, but to be honest, it's not as good as this one. ”

Suzune Sakura is glad that she didn't reveal her identity at the first time, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.

She was still full of confidence and came along.

Also, she had boasted several times at home, on the way back, and she had begun to prepare herself for the humiliation she would endure later.

Kagurazaka arrogarius sorted out the other scattered illustrations, leaving only Miss Sakura's illustrations and the one in Murakami's hand on the table.

In this way, the contrast is even more pronounced.

Kagurazaka Calamus: "It's up to you to decide which one you choose, but I recommend choosing the one you have." ”

Without hesitation, Yu Murakami put the illustration in his hand on the table, "Let's still bring the two I brought." ”

Suzune Sakura: "Huh? ”

Kagurazaka Calamus: "Huh? ”

Yu Murakami smiled: "I'm sorry, Kagurasaka-san. It's better to have another one, but,"

Yu Murakami held Suzune Sakura's illustration in his hand: "This was drawn for me by my friend, and she also provided me with a lot of inspiration in her creation. I'm sorry. ”

Kagurazaka looked at Yu Murakami, and regretted a little in her heart what she had just said, she shouldn't have given him the choice.

At first, Yu Murakami was very optimistic about the illustration of the rainy night part-time job, and I seemed to be happy to listen to her as a professional, which made her cognitively delusional-thinking that Yu Murakami would choose the rainy night part-time job.

She fell silent, wanting to use this euphemism to express her dissatisfaction with his choice, and then offered to be re-elected.

But no.

He handed her his friend's illustration in the face and, in his almost perfect voice, said, "Excuse me, Kagurasaka-san." ”

At this point, what else can be done? Fortunately, his friend's is not too bad.

"Alas~" she sighed and accepted the illustration.

Now that she has decided, she no longer put on a face, and said with a wry smile: "Murakami-kun, you are really surprising. However, it should be fun to be your friend. ”

Yu Murakami glanced at Suzune Sakura, who had been keeping his head down since just now, and said with a smile: "Who knows? ”

"The money for the illustration will be bothered to bring it to your friends."

"Okay."

Yu Murakami accepted the pitiful remuneration - calculated according to the pure newcomer.

Kagurazaka stood up: "In three days, you will be able to see your book in major bookstores and websites." ”

Yu Murakami and Suzune Sakura also stood up: "I'm looking forward to it, I'm bothering you today." ”

On the train back, Miss Sakura still didn't say a word.

This guy, can't he be moved?

Sakura Suzune in this state, Yu Murakami couldn't help but mind.

When it comes to illustrations, at first he just wanted to use Suzune Sakura as an excuse and draw it himself. As a result, I saw that she was very good at drawing, and the illustrations she drew were also very good-looking, so I was lazy.

In this case, if Yu Murakami doesn't use her illustrations, he will feel guilty, not to mention, Sakura Ayane in the book is based on her, behavior, life experience, and all aspects have references.

Considering these, the illustration can't let her be defeated.

"Now." Sakura Suzune turned her head to look at him, and her tone was a little hollow: "Was I too fierce to you before?" Obviously you care so much about me. ”

Yu Murakami: "? ”

Are you talking to me? What are you talking about?

He thought in his heart that Suzune Sakura would ask why he used her illustrations.

Yu Murakami said honestly: "It's okay, I'm not at ease." ”

As long as it doesn't get in the way of his actions, he won't take words to heart. What's more, Sakura Suzune's nature is not bad, and the arranged dishwashing has never shirked. He needed an illustration, so he helped draw it without saying a word.

He likes to see a person by his actions, not by her mouth.

And Suzune Sakura is the only one who is a little unobtrusive, which led to the title of "Lonely Star" on the dubbing set.

And in fact, the three Ai Nakano, who have been with her for a long time, have never disliked her.

Sakura Suzune sniffed slightly, and she didn't know what sad things she remembered: "Thank you." ”

Yu Murakami shook his head: "It's not something to thank you, you're really good, don't care what others say, you're the happiest to be yourself." ”

"Hmm." She was silent for a moment, then suddenly stood up and looked at him with some surprise.

"Wait! You wouldn't deliberately choose my illustrations when I felt like I was a failure, so that they could comfort me and attack me, would you? ”

"I'm sorry!"

Take a bow.

"Although my family has several houses in Chiyoda Ward, there are villas in the suburbs, and there are several luxury cars in the garage."

"Even if you don't have to buy a house or a car in the future, you must at least prove that you have the ability to buy a house and a car."

"It's really not okay to be poor like you! And with the salary of the voice actor job, you will never be able to buy a house in Chiyoda-ku. If you really want to persevere, I suggest you start by changing jobs. ”

"But now, sorry! We really can't do it! ”

Yuu Murakami ignored and suddenly fell ill, and Suzune Sakura bowed to him in the tram full of people. I took out the fourth volume of "Practical Teaching" from my pocket and turned to the page number I saw last time.

He said lightly.

"Oh."

Sakura Suzune straightened up, blinked her right eye, and said, "But your behavior just now scored very high, and I'll give you a 1 point for your favorability." ”

Looking at the playful Suzune Sakura in front of him, Yu Murakami sighed that he deserves to be a voice actor, and he has the personality and voice you want.

He applauded twice casually and read: "Oh, it's amazing, it's finally broken through 0 points." ”

"Hmph~" Sakura Suzune was in a very good mood, and the original sad mood disappeared because of the card issued.

She pressed the skirt on her ass and sat down again: "Ordinary is 20 points, relationships can be 50 points, friends are 60 points, friends who can come and go for a lifetime are 70 points, and confide in each other...... What can sleep together is...... By the way, this is for women only...... Male maximum score of 70...... Finally, you can get married......"

When Yu Murakami judged that she was talking nonsense, he had already put his mind on the book.

He didn't remember what Miss Sakura said later.